New Staff · Refresher

Welcome to Sophia College

A Catholic, co-educational secondary college in the Franciscan tradition — part of the Brisbane Catholic Education network in Plainland, QLD. This is your one-stop shop for everything you need to know as a staff member: routines, maps, expectations, our model of pedagogy, NCCD, and how to use Engage, STARS, SharePoint and Copilot. Bookmark this page.

Start here: Getting Started → Who do I ask?

Take a fly-through look at the Sophia College campus and facilities.

Find what you need

Everything is grouped into short, focused pages. Explore in order if you're new, or jump straight to what you need.

🌱 Start here

Getting Started

Your first days and weeks — what to expect, who you'll meet, and a simple checklist.

✝️ Identity

Our College

Our mission, vision, what it means to be a Sophian, and our campus.

🕒 Daily life

Routines & Key Info

Bell times, term dates, sign-in procedures, uniform and everyday essentials.

🗺️ Getting around

Campus Maps

Find your way around every campus building, car park and key facility.

🤝 Culture

Staff Expectations

Our values, code of conduct, and what professional behaviour looks like here.

🧭 Pastoral care

Behaviour & Pastoral Support

The Triple R Process, the Re-Engagement Room, and who to contact.

📘 Teaching & learning

Model of Pedagogy: Explicit Inquiry

How we teach at Sophia College — our shared instructional model and expectations.

📝 Teaching & learning

Assessment & Missed Work

What to do when a student misses an exam or assignment checkpoint.

📋 Compliance

NCCD

What the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data means for you and how to comply.

💻 System

Engage (BCE)

Behavioural incidents, pastoral concerns, conversations and NCCD — our BCE student support system.

System

STARS

Our quick-logging app for uniform and learning infringements.

🧰 Digital skills

Digital Tools

SharePoint, Microsoft Copilot, Teams and Outlook — the essentials, explained simply.

🎬 Library

Videos & Resources

Short how-to videos, forms and downloadable documents in one place.

Help

FAQs & Contacts

Common questions answered, and who to contact for what.

Keeping this hub updated: every page here is a plain HTML file you can edit directly, and the whole site shares one navigation menu (assets/js/nav.js) so you only update the menu once. See README.md in the project folder for the full guide to editing, adding videos/files, and deploying updates.